HOV commuter blew it with blow-up

A Burlington man was busted Wednesday morning for cruising in a QEW high-occupancy vehicle lane with a blow-up doll.

The
doll, outfitted in a jacket and cap, was riding shotgun in the black
SUV in an effort to outwit the lane’s minimum two-person requirement,
said OPP Constable Graham Williamson.

“It
was pretty crude,” said OPP Constable Graham Williamson. “It had no
dimension whatsoever. Once you had a look at it, you could tell there’s
something wrong here.”

Williamson
said the 51-year-old man was heading east on the QEW near Dorval Drive
in Oakville when police pulled him over around 8:30 a.m. A commuter had
called in a tip that he was travelling through Burlington with a
less-than-legit passenger.

Police
confiscated the doll and fined the man $220 for travelling in an HOV
lane alone and crossing the HOV buffer zone, Williamson said. He could
also lose six demerit points.

Williamson said it’s the first blow-up doll bust since the HOV lanes opened on the Burlington stretch of the QEW last November.